Sawhorse



April 10, 1945. L I 2,373,485

sAw HORSE Filed Sept. 2, 1943 Patented Apr. 10, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAWHORSE John R. Long, Akron, Ohio Application September 2,1943, Serial No. 500,983

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a saw horse.

It is aimed to provide a saw horse of the general character used by carpenters, pattern makers, machinists and other mechanics, in various industries, packing plants, ship yards, on ships, in merchandising houses, on farms, and in general, capable of being readily collapsed and assembled, so as to occupy minimum space when not in use and when being carried from place to place.

at I! whereby the jaws may be pulled together at their upper ends by means of bolts l8, loosely It is especially aimed to provide such a collapsible structure as will afford extreme rigidity when in place.

I further aim to provide a structure wherein the top bar is held in place by efiicient clamp means scription following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved saw horse;

Figure 2 is an end elevation, partly broken away and in section to disclose details;

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal section taken I on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like .or similar parts, l0 refers to the saw horse in its entirety. While certain uses hereinbefore have been mentioned for. the saw horse, it is to be understood that it may be used wherever capable as a saw horse or support and that no limitation as to use is to be implied or inferred.

The saw horse according to the invention has a top horizontal bar at- H, and at opposite ends adjacent each side has angularly arranged grooves l2. Such grooves 12 are detachably interfitted with extensions l3 of jaws it, formed at the upper ends of angularly inclined legs l5. The jaws I4 at I6 have shoulders on which the top bar I I rests, and for a distance beneath the shoulders the legs I5 have longitudinal slits or slots passing therethrough, and having wingnuts I9 screw threaded thereon as shown. The jaWs It thus function as clamps, since tightening of wingnuts l9 will draw the jaws together to cause them efficiently to grip and retain the top bar I l.

At their lower ends the legs l5, which preferably increase slightly in width in downward direction, are provided with tenons 20, removably interfitted in mortises 2| of suitable feet 22. It will be noted that the tenons 20 are of reduced thickness so as to leave shoulders 23 to rest directly on the uppersurfaces of the legs 22.

It will be realized that the structure described may be assembled and disassembled readily by loosening the nuts l9, removing the top bar H,

and detaching the legs l5 at the tenons 20 from the feet 22, the top bar ll, legs l5, and feet 272 being capable of disposition in parallelism to co cupy small space when stored or in shipment or transportation. The disassembly or reassembly of the structure may be eiiected within a very few minutes, and when assembled the parts will afford maximum rigidity.

It will be clear that the parts II, I5 and 22 may be made from any suitable material, for instance hard or soft wood, or even may be made from metal, plastic material, or be composite with the parts using any of such materials or a number of them.

Various changes may be resorted to provided that they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A horseof the class described having a top bar provided with grooves in opposite sides thereof, legs, said legs having longitudinally extending slots providing jaws, bolts passing through said jaws, legs having shoulders on which the top bar rests and from which extend jaws, said jaws hay: ing extensions above the shoulders occupying said rooves.

2. A horse of the class described having a top bar provided with grooves in opposite sides there-' of, legs, said legs having longitudinally extending slots providing jaws, bolts passing through said jaws, legs having shoulders on which the top bar rests and from which extend jaws, said jawshaving extensions above the shoulders occupying said grooves, feet for the legs, and detachable mortise and tenon joints between said legs and feet.

JOHN R. LONG. 

